This is the reason why I'm considering VideoLAN - VLC media player as an alternative for media players that require codecs. VLC supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs.

Yes that´s the problem of course, but normally speaking the more popular download sites like Snapfiles for example won´t link to malware. And hopefully in the future, tools like SiteAdvisor and Scandoo will correctly identify malicious sites. I´m not using them right now though.

This is the reason why I'm considering VideoLAN - VLC media player as an alternative for media players that require codecs. VLC supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs.